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The Persimmon Group launches weekly column in The Oklahoman
January 10, 2010
The Persimmon Group's senior consultants have begun writing a weekly column in The Oklahoman. The column is entitiled "Your Business Coach" and features practical business insights and advice on topics that are relevant to today's managers and executives. Click here to read the first installment of the column written by Greg Webb and look for the column every Sunday in the Business section of The Oklahoman.
TPG's "I Herd Cats" button featured in PMI Today
December 4, 2009
This month's PMI Today magazine, a monthly publication that goes out to over a half-million PMI members, featured a picture of The Persimmon Group's "I Herd Cats" button that was handed out at the PMI Congress. To read the latest issue of PMI Today click here and contact us to find out how to get your own "I Herd Cats" button.
TPG at the 2009 PMI Global Congress - North America
October 14, 2009
TPG's first trip to the PMI Congress was a huge success. We generated some noise in the exhibit hall with our imfamous "I Herd Cats" button! Larry Winters delivered a stellar presentation that was nominated for an encore and featured by one of the top project management bloggers - click here to read the blog entry. And our in-booth presentations were perpetually well-attended by numerous, self-proclaimed "TPG groupies."
   
To those who attended the Congress, we thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and look forward to seeing you again next year. Whether you stopped by our exhibit and grabbed an "I Herd Cats" button, saw Larry Winters's Deadliest Catch presentation, or rode a coaster with us at Universal Studios, we invite you to contact us to learn more about how our services can help your organization.
Larry Winters Presentation at the PMI Congress Honored with "Encore" Nomination
October 12, 2009
Throughout 2009 we have talked about TPG Project Management Practice Leader Larry Winters being selected to present at the PMI Global Congress 2009. Being selected as a presenter is a great honor in the project management profession and is the result of a rigorous application and selection process. Because we have given the event so much attention we wanted to follow up and share with you that Larry's session, Deadliest Catch: Risk Identification on the Vast Bering Sea, was a great success. In fact, Larry was honored with a nomination to present the "encore" session. Of the 160 presenters, only 6 received this nomination. We are extremely proud of Larry and hope that those of you who attended enjoyed the session as much as we enjoyed sharing it with you. For more information on the session and our full 2-day Deadliest Catch-themed risk management course, click here.
Larry Winters Debuts New Book
October 1, 2009
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The Persimmon Group's Project Management Practice Leader, Larry Winters, launched a new book entitled You Want to Work from Where? An Insider's Guide to Managing Virtual Teams at the event. This book is full of valuable information for managers of virtual teams or anyone managing a team for that matter, and it's delivered in a humorous, irreverent style that makes it a fun-and-easy read. For more information click here and be sure to pick up a copy from Amazon.com. |
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TPG Wins Beacon Award!
July 13, 2009
TPG was the winner of the Beacon Award for small/medium sized businesses. The Beacon Awards were created to recognize Oklahoma companies for community service and charitable giving. We are extremely honored to have won this award and congratulate the other winners. For more on this event click here to read the Journal Record article.
OAA Summit a Huge Success
June 18, 2009
TPG would like to salute the Oklahoma Aerospace Alliance (OAA) on an excellent 2009 OAA Summit and Expo event. We thoroughly enjoyed attending the conference and were proud to support the OAA by sponsoring their golf tournment and exhibiting in the event's vendor area (see picture below). Bill Fournet and Larry Winters also presented a breakout session on project management for continuous improvement initiatives that was well received by the aerospace industry participants. We met a lot of great people this week and we look forwarding to speaking with all of you very soon. Oklahoma's aerospace industry is truly thriving and we are proud to do our part to support it.
Martin Piplits Delivers Keynote Speech at BICSI Spring Conference
May 11, 2009
TPG's Business Consulting Practice Leader Martin Piplits delivered the keynote speech at the BICSI Spring Conference this past weekend in Baltimore, MD. BICSI is the leading association for the information transport systems industry. Martin's speech on what small and medium-sized businesses can do to survive in this challenging economy was well received by the crowd of nearly 1,000. Check out the picture below and visit http://www.tpgspeakers.com/ to see Martin in action.
Larry Winters to Speak at 2009 Global PMI Congress
April 1, 2009
The Persimmon Group’s Project Management Practice Leader, Larry Winters, is one of a few industry leaders who has been selected to present at the project management industry's largest and most prestigious event - the PMI North American Congress. Larry will be discussing Risk Identification with a focus on the limits of teams' abilities to identify risks and practical strategies for working through these limits.
Every year this event is attended by more than 4,000 people, including the "Who's Who" of project management. Last year's keynote speaker was Colin Powell. For more on this event click on the banner above. And look for Larry this October in Orlando and check out excerpts from his popular presentation at local PMI events as well as at our upcoming open-enrollment Risk Management course on April 16-17.
Congratulations Larry; this is a great honor!
Larry Winters Presents to Tulsa PMI Chapter
March, 2009
TPG Project Management Practice Leader Larry Winters presented at the Tulsa PMI chapter's monthly meeting on Friday, March 6th. His popular project risk management presentation was once again a hit. Look for Larry and his presentation at the upcoming 2009 PMI North American Congress in October of this year.
TPG Launches New Website
February 1, 2009
We have created a new website to provide information about our professional speaking offerings. Four of our senior consultants have come together to form TPG Speakers, presenting topics from Generational Diversity in the Workplace to Virtual Team Innovations and Management. Visit http://www.tpgspeakers.com/ for more info.
TPG Holds Annual Off-Site Retreat
January 26-27, 2009
The annual TPG retreat took place at Post Oak Lodge on January 26 and 27th. The event was not only a fun coming together of all TPG employees but also resulted in a number of excellent ideas and planning outputs. The team enters 2009 with a renewed spirit, a great strategy and a lot of optimism.
TPG Headed to Orlando for 2009 PMI Congress
January 1, 2009
We look forward to seeing you all at the 2009 National PMI Congress in Orlando. TPG will have several representatives and a vendor booth in the convention area. We have also applied to have our PM Practice Leader, Larry Winters, act as one of the featured presenters. Check back throughout '09 for more news on this exciting event.
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